Suspenders.



'M. H. STOHR.

SUSPENDERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.30. 1915.

Patented- Mar. 7, 1916.

WITNESS ATTORNEY ETD sane MAY H. sron oE PATEBSON, NEW JERSEY.

SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed AprilSO, 1915. Serial No. 24,929.

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAY H. STOHR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of apparel suspenders in which themain straps of the suspenders cross each other at the back and are theresecured together. The

means for securing the members together constituting these strapshasheretofore al lowed them to have no free pivotal movement oneach'other,so that the members frequently buckle adjoining their intersec-v tionand, where the securing means con-- sists of stitching, in consequencesoon or late disruptthe latter, leaving the two members unconnected wltheach other. 7 My ob ect is to provide a pair of suspenders of the kindindicated above with a means to secure themain straps thereof togetherwhere they cross each other in a substantial and durable manner andallow them perfect freedom of pivotal movement upon each other, withoutability toseparate.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair ofsuspenders constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is arear elevation of the back part of the suspenders; Fig. 3 is a sectionalview taken through the intersecting portions of the main suspenderstraps, thepivoting The straps or members-a a where they cross eachother are secured together so as aw Ere.

Patented Mar. a, role.

to have free pivotal movement relatively to each'other as followsfd ,ande denote the two parts of a gromet which are made to clamp between themthestrap a, the part 03 having its upstanding stud d passed throughahole in the corresponding strap .and expanded to grip the lIlSlClG ofthe upstanding stud c. of the part c.- f and g denote'the two parts of agromet which are made to clamp between them the other strap a the part,f having 1ts upstanding-stud f passed through a hole in thecorresponding strap and expanded to grip the hole 9 in the part g. Theconstruction is such'that the grlpplng action of the parts of each.

gromet on the corresponding strap: holds them immovably thereto. Thestud e of the part c of the one gromet is introduced into the hollowstud f of the part f of the other gromet' and has its free end upset,-asat it, to form a shoulder which retains the two groinetsinseparablycoupled together." Thus the two straps a aof the suspenders are coupledso as to pivot or swivel one on the other only. It will be notedthatsince each groinet includes two parts clamped together against the;corresponding strap, each part moreover offering a broad fiat surface tothe strap, there is a secure holding of the fabric or other material ofthe strap by the gromet. 7

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters'Patent is a I r Aconnecting device of the class described including a pair of two-partgromets, the 7 parts of eachgromet being adapted to clamp between themone of the members to be connected and each gromet having a pivotalbearing on the'other gromet and inseparably connected therewith.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MAY, H. STOHR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents. each, byaddressing the Commissionerof Patents,

Washington, D. G.

